Polling was underway for the first phase of rural body elections in Telangana on Monday amid tight security, officials said. Voting is underway to for 2,097 Mandal Parishad Territorial Constituencies (MTPCs) and 195 Zilla Parishad Territorial Constituencies (ZPTCs). Candidates for 69 MPTCs and two ZPTCs were elected unopposed.

#Voting began on May 6 across 51 #LokSabha constituencies spread over seven states, largely in the Hindi heartland, as the fifth of the mega #Sevenphase electoral exercise kicked off.#LokSabhaElections2019#GeneralElections2019 #Phase5 pic.twitter.com/u6rywDRnm6